The THAAD missile system will add another layer of anti-missile defense for South Korea. The U.S. military and South Korea both have Patriot anti-missile batteries that can defend against short ...

Large components of the U.S. THAAD system began landing in South Korea early last month, under an agreement that was reached last July.. Wednesday's convoy of trucks and equipment included some 20 ...

South Koreans protest deployment of controversial missile defense system 01:13. THAAD is designed to target and intercept short and medium-range missiles fired by North Korea.

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile interceptor system is now functional at its South Korean site. In this photo from 2013, one of the THAAD systems is seen performing a test launch.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – U.S. Forces Korea has delivered equipment that will add functionality to a missile-defense system stationed on the peninsula and better "protect the South Korean ...

Reuters reported South Korea had moved forward its plans to deploy the THAAD or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The country's defense ministry said parts of the weapons system had been ...

The U.S. military will add four launchers to its Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system over the next "few hours" to shore up South Korea's defenses against a ...

South Korea’s Hannam University conducted a computer simulation that showed a PAC-2/3 low-altitude missile defense system would have only one second to intercept a North Korean missile at a ...

America's THAAD anti-missile system—deployed as a direct check to the nuclear threat posed by North Korea—is now operational south of Seoul, U.S. and South Korean officials have said. THAAD ...

(SEOUL) — The U.S. military’s THAAD anti-missile system is now operational in South Korea, according to U.S. officials. The system’s deployment to defend against a North Korean missile ...

The first pieces of a US-built missile defense system designed to mitigate the threat of North Korean missiles arrived at the Osan Air Base in South Korea Monday night, according to the US military.

An American missile defense system installed in South Korea is now operational and ready to intercept missiles from North Korea, the U.S. military said, as tensions on the peninsula remain high in ...